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Interested in studying at Northumbria? With 31,500 students, Northumbria is one of the largest universities in the country, offering courses on either a full-time, part-time or distance learning basis.

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Business

The world is changing faster than ever before. The future is there to be won by organisations who find ways to turn todays possibilities into tomorrows competitive edge. In a connected world, collaboration can be the key to success.

Research

Northumbria is a research-rich, business-focused, professional university with a global reputation for academic quality. We conduct ground-breaking research that is responsive to the science & technology, health & well being, economic and social and arts & cultural needs for the communities

About Us

Northumbria University is based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, which is regularly voted the best place in the UK for students who are attracted by our excellent academic reputation, our top 10 graduate employment record and our outstanding campus and sports facilities.

Climate Action

Northumbria has ambitious carbon reduction targets which require a wide range of interventions and changes to behaviour. We have a dedicated budget for our sustainability projects, including carbon. Outside of our campus operations, our researchers tackle global climate challenges, such as over-exploitation of natural resources and glacial impacts of rapid climate warming.

In the Spotlight: Our Carbon Management Plan

In 2010 the University produced a Carbon Management Plan, with an ambitious target to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 32% by 2020 against a 2005/06 baseline. A Carbon Management Plan Update was developed in 2015 to incorporate targets for a wider range of emissions including scope 3 (waste, travel and water) - the baseline for which is in our Annual Carbon Emissions Report. We have reached the target a year ahead of schedule and are expecting to achieve a 40% reduction below the original baseline by 2020.

At a Glance: From Our Research to Our Operations

We have a comprehensive Environmental Management System in place to manage our environmental performance and deliver continuous improvement. This has achieved ISO 14001 certification.

Over 95% of our electricity comes from certified green sources and we are home to one of the oldest commercial PV systems in the UK which is still fully functional, even after 21 years.

Together, the photovoltaic arrays on our campuses save over 80 tonnes of CO2 each year.

We continue to make our buildings more carbon efficient through installing LED lighting, new boilers, energy retrofitting and improvements to our Building Management System. View the energy use of our buildings.

Our research-led teaching provides Quality Education that encourages students to gain an understanding of global sustainability challenges and develop skills to address them.

The Extreme Environments research theme seeks to answer questions around the impact of climate change on the planet’s natural systems. The team of earth and atmospheric scientists are exploring how regions such as Antarctica, Greenland and the Himalayas are responding to rapid climate warming to inform adaptation to water shortages in mountain regions and flooding in coastal zones.

Dr Paul Mann from our Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences leads on the international €800,000 CACOON (Changing Arctic Carbon Cycle in the Coastal Ocean Nearshore) project which investigates the impact of thawing permafrost and the subsequent release of frozen carbon on coastlines in the Siberian Arctic.